Divorce applications increase significantly during the first three months of this yearApplications for divorce rose significantly in the first three months of this year, particularly in Dublin where 475 couples …Thu Sept 09 1999 - 01:00
AA seeks proper bus corridors, not `glorified lanes'The Automobile Association has urged Dublin's road users to demand proper Quality Bus Corridors, not "glorified bus lanes".Tue Sept 07 1999 - 01:00
Conservationists seek costs after defeatA limited company formed by conservationists which lost a legal challenge to a hotel and office development in central Dublin…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Baileys and Bovale win costs of action against Flood tribunal discovery orderDeveloper Michael Bailey, his wife and his company Bovale Developments Ltd were yesterday awarded the costs of their successful…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
9-year sentence for robbing elderly neighbours confirmedA man involved in a spate of burglaries and in an incident in which his elderly neighbours were tied up and robbed of their life…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Drugs sentence reducedA Dublin man serving 13 years for having heroin for sale or supply had his sentence reduced to eight years at the Court of Criminal…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Court upholds sentence for rape of child by stepfatherA German man who raped his young stepdaughter after forcing her and her brother to watch pornographic videos failed yesterday…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Court to hear Philip Sheedy sentence appeal in OctoberAn appeal by Philip Sheedy against his four-year sentence for dangerous driving causing death will be heard by the three-judge…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Young Derry engineer was disabled for life by road accident, court toldA young Derry man was left quadriplegic and disabled for life following a road accident in Co Donegal in which his best friend…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
British place for disturbed boy now in doubtA place in an English institution for a 12-year-old mildly mentally handicapped Irish child, who is from a disturbed background…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Court reserves judgment in contempt case appealThe Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment on a challenge by The Irish Times to a decision that an article about a Dublin …Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Appeal court overturns conviction for assaultThe Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction and eight-year sentence imposed on a Limerick man in connection with…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Eircell not unfair, High Court toldEircell, the Telecom Eireann subsidiary, has "nothing whatever" against service provider Meridian Communications Ltd, the High…Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Provide for our troubled children - judgeState resources should be used to provide accommodation and facilities for troubled children rather than paying the costs of …Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Judge's dismissal of drink driving charge was correctThe dismissal of a case against a man charged with drink driving was correct as the defendant was not validly arrested, the High…Fri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Eircell hostile to service provider, High Court toldA Telecom Eireann subsidiary is seeking to put a telecommunications service provider, Meridian Communications Ltd, out of business…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Court told man intended to plead guilty to murderA Co Donegal man "unequivocally" instructed his lawyers that he would plead guilty to the murder of an elderly pensioner, his…Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
Minister's Army deafness formula outlinedThe Minister for Defence yesterday presented to the Supreme Court a formula to assist the courts in calculating damages in Army…Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
Judge rules `Spike' cannot proceed at presentDublin Corporation cannot proceed for the present with construction of the proposed 400ft millennium monument in O'Connell Street…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Tribunal to appeal judgment on Lawlor challengeA High Court decision yesterday upholding two significant challenges by the Fianna Fail TD Mr Liam Lawlor to orders by the Flood…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Lawyer denies pressure for murder guilty pleaA "grossly improper" remark relating to an insanity defence in a murder trial was made by Mr Patrick MacEntee SC as a "final …Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Appeal court is told how guilty plea was made in murder caseA young man serving a life sentence for murder was not told by his lawyers he had no option but to plead guilty, his former solicitor…Wed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
Man claims he was put under pressure on murder pleaA man serving a life sentence for the murder of a pensioner in Co Donegal has claimed he was put under improper pressure from…Tue Jun 29 1999 - 01:00
`No suitable place' for troubled boy (16)A "window of opportunity" for a troubled and at-risk 16-year-old boy seems set to close for the second summer in a row because…Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Businessmen resist move by Shell to remove them from two petrol stationsTwo Dublin businessmen who claim they have successfully operated petrol stations for Irish Shell under licence since 1982 are…Wed Jun 23 1999 - 01:00
Action against `Irish Times' settledA libel action taken by the writer Francis Stuart against The Irish Times was settled at the High Court yesterday.Wed Jun 23 1999 - 01:00
Sentence for man's knife killing upheldThe DPP yesterday lost his appeal against the "undue leniency" of a five-year sentence imposed on a young man for killing another…Tue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
Lawlor entitled to refuse to attend tribunal, court toldMr Liam Lawlor TD has a legal right to refuse to turn up at the Flood tribunal for questioning by its lawyers in private session…Fri Jun 18 1999 - 01:00
Lawlor's tribunal case likely to go to Supreme CourtLawyers for the Flood tribunal told the High Court yesterday they needed a "definitive ruling" on the power of the tribunal chairman…Thu Jun 17 1999 - 01:00
Judge calls tribunal order to TD draconianIf a tribunal chairman has the power to make such orders as he considers necessary, then that is a radical new power without …Wed Jun 16 1999 - 01:00
US firm sued on Florida air crash seeks Shannon filesA US aircraft maintenance company being sued over an air disaster in Florida which cost 110 lives is seeking evidence from the…Sat Jun 12 1999 - 01:00
Tribunal had power to destroy TD's name, court toldAn order compelling Fianna Fail TD Mr Liam Lawlor to appear before lawyers for the Flood Tribunal and answer questions gave those…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Lawlor only councillor not to go to the tribunal, court toldThe Dublin West Fianna Fail TD, Mr Liam Lawlor, is the only person among those elected to Dublin County Council in 1985 who has…Thu Jun 10 1999 - 01:00
Man fails to stop his trial for buggery and rape said to have taken place 20 years agoA man facing trial for alleged rape and buggery of a girl in Dublin 20 years ago has failed to have it stoppedWed Jun 09 1999 - 01:00
Court allows for conditional registration of doctorsThe Medical Council is entitled to propose the attachment of conditions, subject to court approval, on the retention of a doctor…Sat Jun 05 1999 - 01:00
Damages awarded over farm milk `mistake'The State could face a legal bill of several million pounds following the failure of the Minister for Agriculture in 1984 to …Fri Jun 04 1999 - 01:00
Injury damages appeal upheldA mother of three who was awarded £100,000 damages arising out of a fall at a Cork shop, and now uses a wheelchair as a result…Fri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Radiographer is awarded £660,000 after getting static shock from laserA young radiographer who probably will not work again because of injuries caused after she received a static electrical shock…Thu May 20 1999 - 01:00
High Court lifts injunction against Dublin midwifeA domiciliary midwife yesterday won her two-year High Court challenge to be allowed provide unrestricted services to pregnant…Wed May 19 1999 - 01:00
Inquiry into hospital detention droppedAn inquiry into the legality of the involuntary detention of a woman at a psychiatric hospital did not proceed at the High Court…Wed May 19 1999 - 01:00
Talks fail to halt deflector court caseA number of MMDS operators are involved in talks with the Director of Telecommunications Regulation about exchanging their existing…Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
High Court rejects CAB claimThe High Court has rejected an application by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) for a court order compelling the Flood tribunal…Sat May 15 1999 - 01:00
Overcrowded centre to take in vulnerable boyA State-run remand centre, which yesterday said it had no room for a vulnerable 15-year-old boy, later agreed to admit him after…Tue May 11 1999 - 01:00
Court awards school costs in funding caseThe High Court yesterday awarded a school in Co Clare, based on the Steiner method of education, the substantial costs of the…Tue May 11 1999 - 01:00
Court orders inquiry into claim of unfair detentionThe High Court has ordered an inquiry into the legality of the detention of a woman who claims she was involuntarily committed…Fri May 07 1999 - 01:00
Court to give its decision on Cablelink sale todayThe High Court will give its decision this morning on an attempt to halt today's planned sale of Cablelink for more than £525…Thu May 06 1999 - 01:00
Esat chairman blames NTL, Rothschild and Telecom over bid chaosA "secret deal" for the sale of Cablelink to US-based NTL Communications effectively turned an offer to submit "final, final …Wed May 05 1999 - 01:00
Counsel says Esat broke bidding rulesThere was "nothing underhand" about the process for the sale of Cablelink and no favouritism had been extended to any bidder, …Wed May 05 1999 - 01:00
Cablelink suitors square off in High Court battle over contested bidsTelecom Eireann and RTE propose to sell Cablelink within days, for more than £525 million (€666Sat May 01 1999 - 01:00
